Welcome to the first post of SID Dispatch from the Society for Information Display (SID). First of all I want to thank IEEE for providing us with such a prestigious global forum. While this post is more introductory in scope, subsequent stories will be authored by SID members worldwide and will focus on innovative display technologies, processes, issues and trends.

SID has a long tradition going back more than 50 years of showcasing new technology and display products. From the founding meeting held on Sept. 29, 1962 at UCLA, SID has since grown into a truly global organization with chapters throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. SID is the only professional organization solely focused on the display industry and provides a unique platform for industry collaboration, communication and training. Members are professionals in technical/business disciplines that include display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing and sales.

SID hosts more than 10 conferences annually, the largest of which is the annual Display Week. This year’s 53rd annual Display Week, held in San Francisco, brought under one roof more than 7,000 attendees. Literally hundreds of experts shared their knowledge and expertise at scores of well-attended sessions. Some of the topics covered included:

· Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Displays

· Automotive and Wearable Display Technology

· Bended/Flexible Displays

· Innovative Interaction Technology

· OLED TVs

· Quantum Dot Displays

And briefly, some other Display Week highlights included a first-ever CMO Forum discussion, with leading industry experts, that centered specifically on the marketing challenges and trends unique to display technology. Another first - the New Product Showcase, where exhibitors were invited to share their hottest products in a dedicated space. Lastly, the annual Innovation Zone (I-Zone) has been providing free space for innovators to showcase the latest technology before it hits the marketplace.

Ours is an exciting and vibrant industry, and I hope you’ll come to Los Angeles next May for Display Week 2017 to learn more. In the meantime, look to SID Dispatch to glean more insights into the global display market, which is expected to grow to more than$150 billion by 2020. Thank you!

Monday, Aug 15, 2016

BLOG POST: Graphene is an emerging material with the potential to revolutionize whole industries. It could someday change the way electronic components are made, create batteries that charge in minutes and last longer, improve computing speed and performance, bring about advances in solar cells and much more. Researchers and companies alike are working tirelessly to harness graphene’s incredible attributes to make real-world applications, and the race seems hotter than ever.

Friday, Aug 19, 2016

BLOG POST: Are consumers becoming jaded by all the wearables products out in the marketplace now? Has all the hype and fancy buzzwords met expectations? The jury’s still out but the wearables market, nonetheless, continues to grow.

Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016

BLOG POST: Automotive displays can allow us to drive better, smarter and more carefully, working in tandem with the many sensors and cameras being designed into new vehicles as part of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology. So what kind of display(s) will see you over the next few years?

Wednesday, Aug 31, 2016

BLOG POST: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is currently the dominant technology used in television displays, and represents more than 90 percent of the market. LCDs enabled flat-panel televisions that were slimmer and lighter than cathode ray tubes (CRT) and resulted in the eventual phasing-out of CRTs. Although LCDs steadily gained popularity and market share since its introduction in the 1998 and eventually surpassed CRT sales in 2007, other competing technologies such as Organic LED (OLED) have emerged in the last decade that have capitalized on the limitations of LCDs. Quantum Dots have enabled LCD to defend its dominant market position by improving one of the key weaknesses of LCD – its poorer color gamut.

Saturday, Sep 10, 2016

BLOG POST: In your next meeting, notice how many people use pen and paper to take notes – despite access to smartphones, laptops and other communication technology. You are witnessing the power and durability of handwriting. Now technology experts in academia and industry are developing tools to integrate handwriting into digital communications, and have spawned revolutionary solutions in the new category of “eWriting.”

Monday, Jan 16, 2017

BLOG POST: 2017 is a significant milestone for OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology – it will be 30 years since its introduction via a paper published by Ching Tang and Steven Van Slyke. In brief, OLED utilizes an emmisive layer comprised of carbon-based thin-film that’s held between two charged electrodes. There’s no backlighting which necessitates an extremely high contrast ratio. OLED technology is now frequently being used in mobile phones, digital cameras, PDAs, mp3 players, and more.

Friday, Feb 3, 2017

BLOG POST: Diverse touch sensor technologies and their challenges It is remarkable that after all these years of touchscreen evolution there are still so many different technologies behind touch sensors, all developed in parallel to one another. The huge diversity of technologies is driven by the different applications and specialized requested features of them. The touch panel of a museum info kiosk, for example, is based on surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology offering high durability while on the other hand, gaming tables such as casino machines, rely on projected-capacitive touch sensors with increased sensitivity and multi-touch capabilities.

Friday, Mar 3, 2017

BLOG POST: As advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), connected-car technology, and varying levels of vehicle autonomy proliferate, the display suite must work together with other input/output technologies such as touch, audio, gesture control, and haptics to create a reliable and effortless human-machine interface (HMI).

Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017

ARTICLE: Touch screens are used everywhere today· from consumer electronics, to industrial, medical, automotive and aerospace applications. This wide range of varying environments and usage types leads to wide diversity in the required specifications.

Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017

ARTICLE: Advances in LED technology continue to bring new opportunities in digital displays. Existing optical technologies are also benefiting from the LED boom, specifically Holographic Optical Elements or HOEs. Holographic Optical Elements are holographic images embedded onto a thin, clear photopolymer film that can be applied to glass or plastic surfaces. When a light source, such as LED, is projected onto the surface, the invisible recorded holographic images come to life. Although the technology has existed for decades, Luminit scientists and engineers are turning once futuristic concepts into tangible opportunities for manufacturers and government agencies.

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